Lower gas supply to reduce production at Methanex plants in Trinidad

10:26 AM MDT | August 27, 2014 | Deepti Ramesh

Methanex says that it anticipates gas curtailments in Trinidad in the second half of 2014 to be higher than those experienced in the first half. The National Gas Company (NGC; Couva, Trinidad and Tobago) has advised Methanex that it should expect higher curtailments in the second half due to upstream platform maintenance and tie-in activities and the ongoing mismatch between upstream commitments to supply NGC and downstream demand from NGC's customers. Methanex estimates curtailments to its two Trinidad facilities to be about 20% for the second half. Methanex...